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CVE-2017-10986

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10986 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FreeRADIUS 3.x versions prior to 3.0.15, specifically due to an "infinite read" issue within the DHCP attribute processing. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected system. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0282 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: freeradius-0:3.0.13-8.el7_4
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: freeradius
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: freeradius2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-10986Moderate

freeradius: Infinite read in dhcp_attr2vp()

Jul 17, 2017

References

freeradius.org / security/fuzzer-2017.html
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2389
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3930
securityfocus.com / bid/99971